Overland Limited (UP train)

Overland Limited
Overland Flyer

The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street Station, Oakland, in 1906
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Locale	Western United States
First service	November 13, 1887 (1887-11-13)
Last service	1963 (1963)
Former operator(s)	Union Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Milwaukee Road Chicago and North Western Railway
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois San Francisco, California
Stops	27 (westbound) 28 (eastbound)
Distance travelled	2,189 miles (3,523 km) (1954)
Average journey time	63 hours
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	1 (Chicago - San Francisco) 2 (San Francisco - Chicago)
Line(s) used	Overland Route
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reclining seat coaches
Sleeping arrangements	Observation sleeping car
Catering facilities	Dining car
Observation facilities	Club lounge car
Other facilities	Club Buffet Car Valet and maid service Barber and bath
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed	35.8 mph (average)

The Overland Limited (also known at various times as the Overland Flyer, San Francisco Overland Limited, San Francisco Overland and often simply as the Overland) was an American named passenger train which for much of its history was jointly operated by three railroads on the Overland Route between San Francisco and Chicago. The Southern Pacific Railroad handled the train west of Ogden, Utah, the Union Pacific Railroad between Ogden and Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa, and east of the Missouri River to Chicago it was operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway as well as, for a few years starting in 1955, by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road").

The named service on this route began on the UP first as the Overland Flyer (1887–96) and then Overland Limited, and the SP began its own separate named Overland Limited train in 1899. The Overland name disappeared on C&NW's portion of the route on October 30, 1955, from the UP in 1956, and finally ended on the SP's portion as a separate year-round train on July 16, 1962 when that service was consolidated with the City of San Francisco.